Small graceful canapes are the decoration of any festive event. Today, almost no celebration is complete without universal snacks. A good solution for a celebration and a buffet table is a canapé with exotic fruits.
It can be a bit of a hassle to create such an amazing dish, but the result is worth it. Exotic fruit canapes will be an excellent appetizer for red and white wines, low-alcohol cocktails and drinks, liqueurs and champagne. Also, such a canapé will look great on the table next to a sweet dessert: cakes, ice cream, cake or pie.
The canapé recipe includes exotic fruits that some may not know about. Let's take a closer look at them.
Interesting about the ingredients of canapés
1. Pitahaya
Fruit pitahaya or another name pitahaya or dragon fruit has both an exotic name and appearance. Its color is bright pink, the size is similar to a large elongated apple. The fruit is covered with large scales with tips painted green or bright green. The pulp is white or purple in color with a large number of small seeds.
The fruit is low-calorie, only 45-50 kcal per 100 g of product, since at 85-90 g it consists of water. Pitaya contains proteins, calcium, phosphorus, iron and a number of vitamins C, PP and group B. The fruit is useful for patients with diabetes, it has a beneficial effect on the immune and cardiovascular systems, and is also able to remove stomach pain.
2. Mango
Fruits are oval in shape, with a smooth surface, thin yellow, green or red skin. The flesh of the mango is aromatic and juicy, the taste ranges from sour to sweet. The fruit is rich in vitamins A, B, C, phosphorus and iron. It is useful for the work of the cardiovascular system and digestion, with inflammation of the mouth and gums. Mango in large quantities causes constipation.
3. Kiwi
Kiwi is known and familiar to many. But still, let's give it a couple of lines. 84% of the fruit is water. In addition to liquid, kiwi contains 1% proteins, 1% fats, 10% carbohydrates, as well as vitamins C, E, nicotinic acid, dietary fiber, mono- and disaccharides. The energy value is low, there are only 48 kilocalories per 100 g of the product. Read more about the beneficial properties of kiwi.
4. Orange
We will not ignore the orange, which is considered a real storehouse of vitamins (A, B1, B2, PP) and trace elements (magnesium, phosphorus, iron, sodium, potassium, calcium). But the main advantage of citrus fruit is vitamin C, which contains 80 mg of ascorbic acid in 150 g of pulp, which is the daily intake of vitamin C. Read about the beneficial properties of an orange.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 56 kcal.
- Servings - 1
- Cooking time - 20 minutes
Ingredients:
- Pitahaya - 1 pc.
- Mango - 1 pc.
- Kiwi - 2 pcs.
- Orange - 1 pc.
- Toothpicks or skewers
Cooking canapes with exotic fruits
1. Wash the pitahaya and pat dry with a paper towel. Divide in half and cut into half rings about 1, 5-2 cm thick. Carefully remove the skin so as not to damage the pulp, which peels off very easily.
2. Cut the pitahaya pulp into cubes, which are strung on skewers.
3. Get on with the mango. Wash the fruit and cut into 3 parts, so that there is a flat thin bone in the middle part.
4. Gently prying with a knife, remove the skin from the mango pulp. If the fruit is ripe, then it is removed easily. If it is green, then you will have to peel the peel with a knife, like a potato.
5. Cut the mango into equal sized pieces and place it on the skewer on top of the pitahaya.
6. Peel kiwi, I'm sure everyone knows how to do it. Cut the pulp into pieces, which are strung on a skewer on top of the mango.
7. Wash the orange, dry it, cut into rings about 1, 5-2 cm thick and cut off the peel with a knife. Cut the orange pulp into cubes, the same size as all the previous ingredients.
8. String the orange on top of the kiwi canapé, and finish with the pitahaya wedges.
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